Project Overview

In July of 2023 we celebrated the completion of a multi-year project that brought clean water to every household in the Marshall Islands.


The Marshall Islands will be the second developing country in history to reach this achievement as described by UN Sustainability Goal #6. In 2020 Liberia was the first country to reach this goal, made possible by a 5 year distribution of Sawyer filters.

让整个国家都能喝上干净的水

The Marshall Islands may be small in terms of land mass, but cover a massive area of the pacific ocean about half way between Hawaii and Australia. To say these islands are remote is an understatement. Traveling to these islands is difficult.

A Remote, Resilient Nation

马绍尔群岛是夏威夷和菲律宾之间的环礁链,拥有生机勃勃的碧绿海水。这个国家被描绘成气候变化的 "零点",每年仅有约 6000 名游客,是全球游客第二少的国家。安全的饮用水是确保马绍尔文化得以延续的关键。

Woman demonstrating how to filter water from Sawyer bucket filters.

马绍尔群岛

Tangible Life Change

Sawyer 与 80 个国家的 140 多个组织合作,为世界各地的家庭提供清洁饮用水解决方案。自 2008 年以来,我们一直与合作伙伴合作,完善当地主导的计划,对个人进行过滤系统培训。利用地理信息系统(GIS)技术,这些培训人员还将在初次分发过滤器后的一系列后续活动中收集过滤器接受者的健康和保健信息。

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5
Years to complete
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42,000
Lives
impacted
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90%+
减少腹泻
A quality control checkmark vector icon
5
Years to complete
A bucket filter vector icon
42,000
Lives
impacted
A medical science bacteria vector icon
90%+
减少腹泻
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$10.50
Avg Savings per month
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1.13
Extra days of work/month
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$52.90
Money back to familes

Sawyer 滤水器能够减少 90% 以上的腹泻。

尺寸包括

  • 减少腹泻
  • 恢复与水传播疾病相关的工作日和上课日
  • 与水传播疾病有关的购水节水和医疗节水
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Close to Home

Sawyer helps to disperse filters, insect repellent, and sunscreen to impacted communities. When disasters strike, Sawyer filters are often on site within the first 48 hours. This was true for Hurricanes Milton and Helene, which ravaged the Southern Appalachians in 2024. Entire counties were on a boil water notice with no end in sight. 

Being the perfect solution to bacteria-ridden and sediment-filled water, Sawyer donated over 24,000 filters to the region affected by the hurricanes. From empowering individuals to gearing up groups including churches, air drops, and SAR teams, we’re proud of the impact we were able to make together.

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Three women holding coconuts standing in ocean water near the beach.

Sawyer x Kora in Okrane

Kora in Okrane - meaning “women who rise at dawn” - was founded 17 years ago entirely by volunteers. Since then, KIO has tackled a wide range of community needs from installing smokeless stoves in homes to hosting children’s reading events. 

The project to bring clean water to every single person in the Marshall Islands began 6 years ago by prioritizing the most vulnerable of their community on the outer islands as the first filter recipients. KIO volunteers worked with traditional women leaders to ensure that everyone on the islands understood how to use and maintain the filters, and in July of 2023 the project to secure clean water for every household in the Marshall Islands was officially completed.

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Sawyer x Kora in Okrane

Kora in Okrane - meaning “women who rise at dawn” - was founded 17 years ago entirely by volunteers. Since then, KIO has tackled a wide range of community needs from installing smokeless stoves in homes to hosting children’s reading events. 

The project to bring clean water to every single person in the Marshall Islands began 6 years ago by prioritizing the most vulnerable of their community on the outer islands as the first filter recipients. KIO volunteers worked with traditional women leaders to ensure that everyone on the islands understood how to use and maintain the filters, and in July of 2023 the project to secure clean water for every household in the Marshall Islands was officially completed.

Three women holding coconuts standing in ocean water near the beach.

皮卡利丁驱虫剂

一瓶 Sawyer Picaridin 驱虫喷雾剂

Sawyer x Kora in Okrane

Kora in Okrane - meaning “women who rise at dawn” - was founded 17 years ago entirely by volunteers. Since then, KIO has tackled a wide range of community needs from installing smokeless stoves in homes to hosting children’s reading events. 

The project to bring clean water to every single person in the Marshall Islands began 6 years ago by prioritizing the most vulnerable of their community on the outer islands as the first filter recipients. KIO volunteers worked with traditional women leaders to ensure that everyone on the islands understood how to use and maintain the filters, and in July of 2023 the project to secure clean water for every household in the Marshall Islands was officially completed.

The "Miracle Bucket"

索耶水桶系统是需要获得清洁饮用水的偏远社区的首选过滤系统。Sawyers 的所有清洁水工作项目都采用了高性能的 0.1 微米绝对中空纤维膜过滤器,可去除 99.99999% 的细菌(如沙门氏菌、霍乱和大肠杆菌)、99.9999% 的原生动物(如贾第鞭毛虫和隐孢子虫)以及 100% 的微塑料。

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Caption: A woman demonstrating how to assemble a Sawyer bucket water filtration system.

The Process 

  1. Assess- The process begins with a door-to-door census for each community and pathogen testing of the local water sources. This ensures that the Sawyer water filter is an appropriate solution for the area.
  2. Distribute- Once the true scope of clean water scarcity and the effectiveness of the Sawyer filter to treat it, a systematic distribution begins. 
  3. Follow up - The Bucket Ministry team visits every household at least three times to follow up. During these visits the team member ensures the daily maintenance is being performed correctly to achieve its long-term effectiveness.
Caption: “In the beginning, drinking this water often made us sick. I am grateful to The Bucket Ministry for providing us with a bucket filter that purifies our water, now we no longer get sick or suffer from diarrhea. Now we filter clean water and we are healthy.”

The "Miracle Bucket"

索耶水桶系统是需要获得清洁饮用水的偏远社区的首选过滤系统。Sawyers 的所有清洁水工作项目都采用了高性能的 0.1 微米绝对中空纤维膜过滤器,可去除 99.99999% 的细菌(如沙门氏菌、霍乱和大肠杆菌)、99.9999% 的原生动物(如贾第鞭毛虫和隐孢子虫)以及 100% 的微塑料。

Photo of a beached boat distributing bucket water filters to people on the beach.

The "Miracle Bucket"

索耶水桶系统是需要获得清洁饮用水的偏远社区的首选过滤系统。Sawyers 的所有清洁水工作项目都采用了高性能的 0.1 微米绝对中空纤维膜过滤器,可去除 99.99999% 的细菌(如沙门氏菌、霍乱和大肠杆菌)、99.9999% 的原生动物(如贾第鞭毛虫和隐孢子虫)以及 100% 的微塑料。

Three women holding coconuts standing in ocean water near the beach.

皮卡利丁驱虫剂

一瓶 Sawyer Picaridin 驱虫喷雾剂
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Sawyer 的女性领导的慈善合作伙伴大放异彩

Sawyer 的女性领导的慈善合作伙伴大放异彩

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Sawyer x KORA IN OKRANE

Kora in Okrane - meaning “women who rise at dawn” - was founded 17 years ago entirely by volunteers. Since then, KIO has tackled a wide range of community needs from installing smokeless stoves in homes to hosting children’s reading events. 

The project to bring clean water to every single person in the Marshall Islands began 6 years ago by prioritizing the most vulnerable of their community on the outer islands as the first filter recipients. KIO volunteers worked with traditional women leaders to ensure that everyone on the islands understood how to use and maintain the filters, and in July of 2023 the project to secure clean water for every household in the Marshall Islands was officially completed.